#56A4DF#56A4DF

#56A4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.116 H 243.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56A4DF
RGB	rgb(86, 164, 223)
HSL	hsl(206, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 26.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -6.43, -37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 37.58, 260.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.052 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.116 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4275, 33.8541, 74.7287)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56A4DF #DF9156

analogous

#56DFD5 #56A4DF #5660DF

triadic

#56A4DF #DF56A4 #A4DF56

tetradic

#56A4DF #D556DF #DF9156 #60DF56

square

#56A4DF #D556DF #DF9156 #60DF56

split-complementary

#56A4DF #DF5660 #DFD556

monochromatic

#1E669D #2788D0 #56A4DF #89C0E9 #BDDBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#56A4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#56A4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #56A4DF

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56A4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##56A4DF	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7797DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56a4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 164, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.116 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91bee9',
    500: '#56a4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56a4df;
$custom-light: #91bee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56a4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.839,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69371,
    "c": 0.11638,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56A4DF

secondary

#E2C5AE

accent

#6615D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #56A4DF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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